On our second day in Paris (see our first day here) we had loads planned; we originally planned to go to Saint Chapelle and the Palais de Justice, then go for lunch in the Cercle de l'Union interalliée, which is a reciprocal club of London's Royal Automobile Club. After that we were then going to head over to Bastille and see Oscar Wilde's grave, and then have dinner there in a funky little restaurant. Our day took a very different turn.
We started off visiting Saint Chapelle, which is a medieval chapel built between 1242-1248. It's beauty really took my breath away. It's a chapel next to the Palais de Justice, which is a part of the original site of Saint Louis's palace, with every part of the wall of the building covered in stain-glass windows. Saint Louis commissioned the chapel to be built to house his Passion Relics, which included the Crown of Thornes.
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